Fool Collection (page 3)

Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone in "As You Like It"from Childrens Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit
IL100131 Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone in " As You Like It" from Childrens Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) pub. by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd

Ed Hennessey, 1947 (oil on canvas laid on board)
985344 Ed Hennessey, 1947 (oil on canvas laid on board) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 29.5x20.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ed Hennessey. Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). Oil on canvas laid on board

Clown, 1934 (oil on canvas)
650656 Clown, 1934 (oil on canvas) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 38.1x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Clown. Walt Kuhn (1880-1949). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1934

Don Quixote - Fool of the play
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The fool of the play came up frisking with his morrice bells

Don Quixote - The Fool on Sancho Panzas Donkey
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The Fool on Sancho Panzas Donkey

Don Quixote and the Adventure of the Lions
Vintage engraving of a scene from Don Quixote, illustrated by Gustave Dore. The Adventure of the Lions

Embryos, idiots and eremites 1885
Engraving by Gustave Dore. From Miltons Paradise Lost by Robert Vaughan, D.D. Chicago and New York 1885

La Fontaines Fables - Hen with the Golden Eggs
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Hen with the Golden Eggs

Nearly A Fool Ridden By K.Darley 23 March 2000 Date: 23 March 2000

An April Fool, n. d. Creator: Philip William May
An April Fool, n.d

Portrait of Carlo Antonio Bertinazzi (1710-1783), 1740s. Found in the Collection of the Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Salon des Cents, 1893 (lithograph in colours)
1766904 Salon des Cents, 1893 (lithograph in colours) by Ibels, Henri-Gabriel (1867-1936); 60x41 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Salon des Cents. Henri Gabriel Ibels (1860-1936)

A Meissen portrait pipe-bowl of the court jester Frohlich, c. 1742 (porcelain)
1766874 A Meissen portrait pipe-bowl of the court jester Frohlich, c.1742 (porcelain) by German School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A jester with a cat (oil on canvas)
2632080 A jester with a cat (oil on canvas) by Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) (studio of); 84.5x72.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish, out of copyright

Advertising poster for Guignolets Cointreau, c. 1900 (colour lithograph)
1770042 Advertising poster for Guignolets Cointreau, c.1900 (colour lithograph) by Oge, Eugene (1869-1936); 137x99 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising poster for Guignolets Cointreau)

The Circus (oil on canvas)
989674 The Circus (oil on canvas) by Beyle, Pierre Marie (1838-1902); 92.4x65.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Circus. Pierre Marie Beyle (1838-1902). Oil on canvas

Pierrot, 1886 (oil on canvas)
989805 Pierrot, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Comerre, Leon Francois (1850-1916); 71.7x40 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. Leon Francois Comerre (1850-1916). Oil on canvas

A Troop of Actors Performing Before a Crowd, (oil on panel)
659270 A Troop of Actors Performing Before a Crowd, (oil on panel) by Naiveu, Matthys (1647-1721); 39.5x48 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Troop of Actors Performing Before a Crowd)

The Jester; Le Bouffon, 1868 (oil on canvas)
823620 The Jester; Le Bouffon, 1868 (oil on canvas) by Blanchard, Edouard-Theophile (1844-79); 146.5x241 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jester; Le Bouffon)

The Pied Piper and the Children, (pen and black ink and watercolour, laid on card)
651962 The Pied Piper and the Children, (pen and black ink and watercolour, laid on card) by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); 21.5x13.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Removing the Rocks in the Head, c. 1550-1600 (oil on panel)
3704072 Removing the Rocks in the Head, c.1550-1600 (oil on panel) by Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) (after); 41.3x30.9 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Solomon and Marcolf (engraving)
3647876 Solomon and Marcolf (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Solomon and Marcolf. After a 15th Century woodcut)

The Jester (engraving)
6016518 The Jester (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jester. Illustration for The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News)

Kissing advice for women (colour litho)
5999923 Kissing advice for women (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kissing advice for women. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Coolie Life in India, an Operatic Performance (engraving)
1050137 Coolie Life in India, an Operatic Performance (engraving) by Johnston, Harry Hamilton (1858-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coolie Life in India, an Operatic Performance)

Scene from "Not Such a Fool as He Looks, "at the Globe Theatre (engraving)
1104341 Scene from " Not Such a Fool as He Looks, " at the Globe Theatre (engraving) by Friston, David Henry (fl.1853-82); Private Collection; (add.info)

Flying Carpet, 1916 (oil on canvas)
1144254 Flying Carpet, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947); Regional Art Museum, Gorlovka; Russian, out of copyright

Musician and dancing fool, 14th Century (coloured engraving)
976133 Musician and dancing fool, 14th Century (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Musician and dancing fool, 14th Century)

Sir John Falstaff discovering that Mrs Ford and Mrs Page have been making a fool of him (engraving)
1093001 Sir John Falstaff discovering that Mrs Ford and Mrs Page have been making a fool of him (engraving) by Cruikshank

Touchstone and Audrey (gravure)
667656 Touchstone and Audrey (gravure) by Collier, John (1850-1934) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Touchstone and Audrey)

La sagesse des fous, F Rabelais (engraving)
2782088 La sagesse des fous, F Rabelais (engraving) by Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: La sagesse des fous, F Rabelais)

A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

Man sitting down on a startled cat in his chair and being scolded by an old woman. Miseries Domestic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man pinned to a door by the horns of an enraged ox
Man pinned up to a door round the neck by the horns of an enraged over-driven ox. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Fashionable woman sending a verbal message via a fool
Fashionable woman sending an urgent verbal message by a fool who has already forgotten every word. Miseries miscellaneous

The maids laughing at a gardener dressed up in new footmans livery, 19th century. Mrs Lucy Somersville outfitting her staff in pea-green coat

May Day, 1869 (w / c on paper)
HMP89837 May Day, 1869 (w/c on paper) by Green, Charles (1840-98); 24.7x34.5 cm; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire, UK; eHarris Museum and Art Gallery; English, out of copyright

The Older One Gets, the More Foolish One Becomes (oil on canvas)
PWI96955 The Older One Gets, the More Foolish One Becomes (oil on canvas) by Massys or Metsys, Quentin (c.1466-1530); Musee de la Chartreuse, Douai, France; ePeter Willi; Netherlandish

Mr Buckstone as Lancelot Gobbo, Act II Scene 2, in The Merchant of Venice by William
STC134751 Mr Buckstone as Lancelot Gobbo, Act II Scene 2, in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) (engraving) by English School

Ball at the Court of Francis I (1494-1547) 1909 (litho)
CHT166635 Ball at the Court of Francis I (1494-1547) 1909 (litho) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info)

8 vignettes depicting eloquence, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795
NCO191281 8 vignettes depicting eloquence, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

English gentleman in formal clothes attending a dinner, 19th century
6337301 English gentleman in formal clothes attending a dinner, 19th century by Leech, John (1817-64) (after); (add.info.: English gentleman in formal clothes attending a dinner, 19th century)

Masked Ball
FIA5405500 Masked Ball by Hermans, Charles (1839-1924); 321x401 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Masked Ball by Hermans, Charles (1839-1924)

A Scene from As You Like It : Rosalind, Celia and Jacques in The Forest of Arden
828480 A Scene from As You Like It : Rosalind, Celia and Jacques in The Forest of Arden, 1864 (pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic) by Buckley

Mischief: three boys pinning a sign saying "Fool"to the back of the coat of a man sitting on a bench
5217520 Mischief: three boys pinning a sign saying " Fool" to the back of the coat of a man sitting on a bench (chromolitho) by Carter

King Lear and the Fool (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, Scene II) (oil on canvas)
1767299 King Lear and the Fool (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, Scene II) (oil on canvas) by Sullivan, William Holmes (1836-1908); 93x71.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Foolishness knows no bounds as it dances through the realms of imagination. From whimsical cartoons to enchanting mermaids and treacherous U-Boats, the fool's journey takes unexpected turns. In the midst of WW1 chaos, Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool) reminds us that even in darkness, laughter can be found. Step back in time to Mr Popple Drunk's misadventures in 1898, where his antics left everyone rolling with laughter. The Tarot Card Fool from the 17th century captures the essence of a jester's unpredictable nature. April Fool's Day brings out coats adorned with playful pranks in 1924, while Shakespeare's King Lear finds solace and wisdom through his loyal companion, the Fool. Alonzo Chappel beautifully illustrates their bond. Comedian Ken Dodd tickles funny bones alongside his Diddy Man Dicky Mint at Whitley Bay Playhouse on December 9th. Their comedic chemistry creates an uproar of joy among audiences. A court jester dressed in red and blue dons bells as they bravely step forward to entertain kings and queens throughout history. Their colorful presence adds mirth to solemn courts. Satirical artwork mocks medical prescriptions, reminding us not to take life too seriously. Laughter truly is the best medicine for our souls. In a wrestling scene straight out of Shakespeare's "As You Like It, " humor intertwines with drama as characters grapple both physically and mentally for amusement and triumph. Stonewall Jackson himself knew that amidst war's gravity, lighthearted moments could bring respite from battlefields soaked in sorrow. Finally, a timeless painting depicts Carnival playfully clashing with Lent – a reminder that even tradition cannot suppress foolishness entirely. "